however on the eleventh hour , an American effort in November 1972 managed to transfer
59 more M48A3 Patton tanks,
100 additional M-113A1 ACAVs (Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles), and over 500 extra aircraft to South Vietnam. [ 11 ]
Despite such impressive figures, the Vietnamese were not as well equipped as the American GIs they replaced.
The VNAF air force had 200 A1 , A-37 Ground Attack Aircraft and F-5 fighters, 30 AC-47 gunships and 600 transport, training and reconnaissance aircraft , and 500 helicopters.